Offensive posts against national leaders on social media to be regulated
1 year, 9 months ago

Offensive posts against national leaders on social media to be regulated

Deccan Chronicle  

Kalaburagi: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Information Technology and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge has affirmed government's commitment to regulate offensive posts against national leaders and derogatory remarks on social media. Kharge, who is also the Kalaburagi district in-charge minister, spoke to reporters during the launch of the "Shakti" scheme at Kalaburagi on Sunday. He expressed concern over the misuse of social media platforms, which he observed as a disturbance to societal well-being. "Such posts circulating on social media platforms would be regulated in compliance with the Supreme Court's verdict.

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Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge backs Kunal Kamra, defends free speech in democracy
6 days, 19 hours ago

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge backs Kunal Kamra, defends free speech in democracy

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Minister for Electronics, IT/BT, and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Priyank Kharge, voiced his support for stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. In his post, Kharge wrote, "No matter how many attempts are made to suppress dissent, the very foundation of our democracy is built on the right to speak, question, and challenge those in power. Kharge emphasized the importance of …

Delhi CM’s social media posts taken down after swearing-in
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi CM’s social media posts taken down after swearing-in

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Soon after being appointed Delhi Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta, the BJP MLA from Shalimar Bagh and former Delhi Mayor, sparked controversy by deleting several old posts on her handle in the social media platform ‘X’. These posts, which allegedly made controversial remarks about former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, went viral after they resurfaced. Amid the jubilations of government …

FIRs against 54 social media accounts for spreading misinformation on Maha Kumbh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

FIRs against 54 social media accounts for spreading misinformation on Maha Kumbh

Op India  

The Uttar Pradesh Police have intensified their efforts against individuals and social media accounts spreading false information to defame the Maha Kumbh 2025. Following directives from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the police have been vigilantly monitoring online platforms and have taken legal action against 54 social media accounts involved in spreading misleading content. Police registered an FIR at Kotwali Kumbh …

Maha Kumbh Mela: Action taken against 53 social media accounts for spreading misinformation, says UP Police
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maha Kumbh Mela: Action taken against 53 social media accounts for spreading misinformation, says UP Police

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Police have initiated legal action against 53 social media accounts over the past month for allegedly spreading misinformation about the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela administration and Uttar Pradesh Police officially debunked the claim on their social media accounts. Over the past month, 53 social media accounts have been flagged and subjected to legal action …

Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida calls for stricter action against social media misuse
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida calls for stricter action against social media misuse

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida has pleaded for “stringent action” against individuals who make derogatory remarks on social media, emphasising the need to protect public sentiments. Parida’s remarks came on Tuesday evening in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding vulgar comments made by YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia and others. Notably, YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps, …

Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge accuses X, Meta and YouTube of suppressing anti-Modi posts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge accuses X, Meta and YouTube of suppressing anti-Modi posts

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka’s IT Minister Priyank Kharge has criticized major social media platforms, including Meta, X, and YouTube, alleging that they are deliberately restricting the reach of posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here is what Priyank Khare said In a post on X, Kharge stated, “I am increasingly convinced that social media platforms such as @X, @Meta, @YouTubeIndia, and @Facebook …

Assam village women can turn men into goats: Action against finfluencer over 'black magic' misinformation
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam village women can turn men into goats: Action against finfluencer over 'black magic' misinformation

India TV News  

The Assam government has directed the state police to take "appropriate action" against financial influencer Abhishek Kar for allegedly spreading misinformation about the state in a viral podcast. Kar, who has a substantial online following with over 1.8 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, was discussing the mystical practices of Assam’s Mayong village. The Chief Minister's Office posted on X, …

UP: Sikh man booked for posting pictures with weapons on social media, pro-Khalistan post
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3 months ago

UP: Sikh man booked for posting pictures with weapons on social media, pro-Khalistan post

Hindustan Times  

Police in this Uttar Pradesh district have lodged an FIR against a Sikh man for allegedly posting pictures of himself carrying weapons on social media and expressing support for Khalistan, officials said on Sunday. Police in this Uttar Pradesh district have lodged an FIR against a Sikh man for allegedly posting pictures of himself carrying weapons on social media and …

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hindustan Times  

Stronger laws are required to deal with obscenity in social media, Union minister of information and broadcasting and electronics and information technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, especially since they lack the editorial checks of traditional media. Vaishnaw was responding to first time BJP MP Arun Govil’s question on whether a mechanism existed to check “telecast …

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday emphasised the need to strengthen existing laws governing social media and OTT platforms and build a societal consensus on the issue. He said that due to the absence of such editorial oversight, social media had become a platform for freedom of the press, but it has also become a space …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government is mulling stringent laws to check vulgar content on social media posts and other platforms like over-the-top or OTT, saying that such platforms are required to appoint grievance officers and set up a mechanism for addressing user complaints. "There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media …

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media
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4 months ago

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social …

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content
4 months ago

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday called for laws to curb objectionable content on social media and hoped that the Opposition would have a discussion on the same. The government has urged social media platforms to be more proactive in content moderation, especially when it comes to harmful or illegal content. It said that social media companies …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content, the minister said during the Question Hour. There is a need to make existing …

Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday emphasised the need for effective measures to control harassment of people over social media. Calling this the biggest challenge, he wanted a debate on how such misuse of social media could be controlled and who should be given the responsibility for controlling social media. Chandrababu Naidu stressed the need for proper …

Pawan Kalyan pushes for 'social media abuse protection bill' in Andhra Assembly
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pawan Kalyan pushes for 'social media abuse protection bill' in Andhra Assembly

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan proposed the introduction of a 'Social Media Abuse Protection Bill' in the state Assembly, urging the government to take swift action against the growing problem of online harassment. Drawing attention to the broader implications of social media abuse, Kalyan warned that the misuse of digital platforms has reached alarming levels, with political leaders …

Don’t act like animals, CM Chandrababu Naidu warns netizens for inappropriate posts on social media
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t act like animals, CM Chandrababu Naidu warns netizens for inappropriate posts on social media

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave stern warning to those who are posting inappropriate posts using social media saying if any one behaves like an animal, the government is going to treat them like an animal. This warning came in the back ground of the ongoing social media postings related arrests and the dissatisfaction among the …

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone
7 months ago

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone

Deccan Chronicle  

What can governments do about social media platforms? Amid a developing scenario in which both free-speech advocates and authoritarian governments are protesting the treatment being meted out to the CEO of Telegram who is facing the rigour of the law in France, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken an unusual stand to use the social media for boosting its popularity …

Gurugram DC calls for caution against social media rumourmongering in run-up to state polls
7 months, 1 week ago

Gurugram DC calls for caution against social media rumourmongering in run-up to state polls

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram Citizens can lodge their complaints on the C-Vigil app or on the toll-free number 1950. Deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav on Monday urged the Gurugram electorate to exercise caution while consuming content, to avoid rumourmongering based on misleading news, especially through social media that are intended to incite social discord in the run-up to the assembly elections. The official …

Karnataka HM reveals Police have filed 37 cases for social media posts against politicians
8 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka HM reveals Police have filed 37 cases for social media posts against politicians

Op India  

On Tuesday, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara revealed in the state assembly that the state Police has registered 37 FIRs/cases this year over ‘derogatory’ social media posts against politicians. According to the Moneycontrol report, these social media users were accused of ‘spreading false information’ or making derogatory remarks against politicians, mostly Congress leaders. Speaking to Moneycontrol, Bengaluru city police commissioner …

BJP Karnataka social media cell convenor summoned over controversial post
10 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Karnataka social media cell convenor summoned over controversial post

India TV News  

Prashant Makanur, the convenor of BJP Karnataka's Social Media Cell, was summoned by city police on Thursday regarding a social media post allegedly targeting members of the SC and ST communities. Makanur was released on bail after obtaining anticipatory bail, while BJP President J P Nadda and the party's IT cell national head, Amit Malviya, were also issued summons in …

Supreme Court voices concern over ‘profuse’ misuse of social media platforms
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court voices concern over ‘profuse’ misuse of social media platforms

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has raised a serious alarm over the misuse of social media platforms, denouncing the spread of factually incorrect and unfounded statements regarding pending cases. Initiating a contempt action against Assam legislator Karim Uddin Barbhuiya for his misleading Facebook post regarding a case reserved for judgment, the top court expressed dismay at the growing trend of social media …

Kashmir netizens face action over social media posts ahead of Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370
1 year, 3 months ago

Kashmir netizens face action over social media posts ahead of Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a crackdown on netizens and booked scores in Kashmir ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370. A police spokesperson said one person from north Kashmir’s Baramulla faced legal proceedings for his social media posts. “The action is in response to his uploading hateful videos containing inflammatory and seditious statements on social media …

Social Media Often Misused To "Manipulate Political Choices Of Voters", May Eventually Hijack Democratic Setup: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Social Media Often Misused To "Manipulate Political Choices Of Voters", May Eventually Hijack Democratic Setup: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

Social media has been used to manipulate political choices of voters, perniciously affecting the democratic setup of constitutional institutions, the Karnataka High Court observed on Friday. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said emergence of social media has changed the way in which people participate in the democratic process. "People increasingly rely on social media than their …

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B
1 year, 10 months ago

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B

The Hindu  

Published : May 03, 2023 07:00 IST - 6 MINS READ In December 2004, the Delhi Police arrested Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, because someone in Kharagpur, West Bengal, tried to sell through the website video copies of two Delhi-based students having sex. Social media companies, a term left vague and expansive, need to take down content within 36 …

J&K issues new social media rules for govt. employees
2 years ago

J&K issues new social media rules for govt. employees

The Hindu  

A J&K government employee could lose his one-month salary, be demoted or terminated if he is found criticising the government’s policies on social media platforms, according to elaborate guidelines notified by the Lieutenant Governor’s administration on Friday. Fresh provisions have been incorporated in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rules, 1971 barring employees from commenting on political or government policies …

‘Judges Suffer In Silence’: Punjab and Haryana Bar Council Condemns Use Of Social Media For Scandalising Judiciary
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Judges Suffer In Silence’: Punjab and Haryana Bar Council Condemns Use Of Social Media For Scandalising Judiciary

Live Law  

In an open letter issued Monday, the Chairman of the Punjab and Haryana Bar Council, Suvir Sidhu, condemned the use of social media platforms by some individuals for vilification of judges. Stating that the vilification of the judiciary by making outlandish allegations on public forums obstructs the administration of justice and does not come within the ambit of fair criticism, …

Explained: Why Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is unsettling Indian users
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: Why Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is unsettling Indian users

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 05, 2022 15:41 IST Just a few weeks after Elon Musk completed his embattled purchase of Twitter, a video appeared on the platform showing a Muslim student in India reacting after being “jokingly” compared to a terrorist by his university professor. “In the big picture, Twitter has a very small number of active users in India — …

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media
2 years, 9 months ago

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media

The Hindu  

The Government’s plan to set up a panel that can overturn content moderation decisions made by social media platforms is problematic in many ways. The trigger for these Government-appointed committees to come to life will be, say, an appeal by a social media user who feels aggrieved by an order of the platform’s grievance officer. But this is exactly what …

BJP MP invites HC ire over offensive post on social media
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP MP invites HC ire over offensive post on social media

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court expressed its ire over Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind for uploading offensive posts on social media that might cause enmity and disturbances among different groups in the society. However, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Friday directed the Banjara Hills police not to take any coercive steps against Arvind and directed the MP to refrain from uploading offensive …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Censoring Of Actress Kangana Ranaut's Social Media Posts
3 years, 4 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Censoring Of Actress Kangana Ranaut's Social Media Posts

Live Law  

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking censoring of the Social Media posts of Actress Kangana Ranaut in order to maintain law and order situation in the Country.The plea moved by petitioner in person Sardar Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal seeks a direction to Union Home Ministry, IT Ministry, TRAI and State Police Authorities of different states to take …

Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices
3 years, 6 months ago

Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices

Al Jazeera  

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are taking down accounts of Kashmiris, a report by a Kashmiri diaspora group says. A report by a Kashmiri diaspora group has accused social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram of silencing Kashmiri voices in the digital spaces through the frequent suspension of the accounts of artists, academics, and journalists based in and outside the disputed …

Action will be taken if something 'insulting' was said: Uttarakhand ex-CM Rawat
3 years, 7 months ago

Action will be taken if something 'insulting' was said: Uttarakhand ex-CM Rawat

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Monday said that action will be taken against party workers if anyone was found making insulting comments against former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Rawat’s comments come in the backdrop of Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisor posting a sketch of the former Prime Minister on social media. Controversy …

India internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy
3 years, 8 months ago

India internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — It began in February with a tweet by pop star Rihanna that sparked widespread condemnation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of massive farmer protests near the capital, souring an already troubled relationship between the government and Twitter. “India’s plans for the internet appear to be like that of a closed ecosystem like China,” said Raheel …

India’s internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy

Al Jazeera  

Law puts digital platforms such as Twitter and Facebook under direct government oversight, but critics worry it may lead to outright censorship. ‘Closed ecosystem like China’ “India’s plans for the internet appear to be like that of a closed ecosystem like China,” said Raheel Khursheed, co-founder of Laminar Global and Twitter India’s former head of politics, policy and government. “Twitter’s …

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted
3 years, 9 months ago

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted

Deccan Chronicle  

Twitter, the micro-blogging giant, is no longer the hubless network of global chatter that its model would appear to indicate. Have social media platforms been transparent with us about how it all really works, and whether it is simply an organic process like Darwin’s theory of natural selection? Twitter’s India experience also could fortify the brewing idea that after decades …

Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel to question Twitter over 'misuse' today
3 years, 9 months ago

Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel to question Twitter over 'misuse' today

India TV News  

A parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will question top officials of the micro blogging site Twitter to know their views on prevention of misuse of the social media platform. The social media giants Twitter and Facebook has been summoned to depose before it on Friday on issues related to misuse of the platforms and protection of citizens’ …

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead

Op India  

Today, when the whole world is confronted with an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over the ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms in India. Considering the kind of enormous outreach of social media, platforms such as Twitter have started to act arbitrarily to become a state within a state Twitter decided to defy an …

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling govt
3 years, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Twitter has marked tweets by Bharatiya Janata Party figures, including its spokesman Sambit Patra, as “manipulated media”. The BJP is upset and has sent another threatening note to Twitter saying that it should remove the “manipulated media” tag because the government was investigating the matter. These are legal notices from the Government of India asking Twitter to either block an …

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi

CNN  

On most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information on job vacancies, higher education, and careers. Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto/Getty Images In a statement last week, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it had asked Twitter, Facebook and others to remove around 100 posts by users …

Govt announces new social media rules to curb its misuse
4 years, 1 month ago

Govt announces new social media rules to curb its misuse

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday notified new, stricter guidelines for social media intermediaries that will make it mandatory for platforms such as WhatsApp to aid in identifying the “originator” of “unlawful” messages. The rules, which categorise intermediaries as social media intermediary and significant social media intermediary based on number of users, said significant social media intermediaries providing messaging services would “enable …

SC issues notice to Twitter seeking response on curbing hate speech
4 years, 1 month ago

SC issues notice to Twitter seeking response on curbing hate speech

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the union government and social media platform Twitter on a PIL seeking to curb hate speech and abusive content on the social media platform. The SC notice comes amidst an ongoing tussle between the Indian government and Twitter that escalated after the social media giant refused to remove anti-India and Khalistani …

India’s top court tackles social media in free speech case
4 years, 1 month ago

India’s top court tackles social media in free speech case

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Friday asked for the government and Twitter’s response to a petition seeking greater regulation of content on social media platforms amid a debate over free speech. The case comes during a growing standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and Twitter, after the company refused to fully comply with orders to …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by BJP leader Vinit Goenka seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism to check fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter.Advocate Ashwini Kumar Dubey, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that petition seeks a mechanism to. The Supreme …

India top court notice to gov’t, Twitter on social media content
4 years, 1 month ago

India top court notice to gov’t, Twitter on social media content

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court asks for their response to plea seeking mechanism to check fake news, hate messages, and ‘seditious and incendiary’ content. India’s Supreme Court has asked for the government and Twitter’s response to a petition seeking a mechanism to check fake news, hate messages and what officials consider seditious and incendiary content on social media platforms. On Thursday, Information Technology …

India ‘threatens to jail Twitter employees’ amid criticism over farmers protests
4 years, 1 month ago

India ‘threatens to jail Twitter employees’ amid criticism over farmers protests

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Amid months-long protests by farmers in India, the government …

Bihar Police replies to RTI activist over legality of social media gag order, says norms only ‘informatory’ and in compliance with law
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Police replies to RTI activist over legality of social media gag order, says norms only ‘informatory’ and in compliance with law

The Hindu  

Replying to a notice filed by RTI and transparency activist Saket Gokhale, the Bihar Police said their order to take action against those putting ‘objectionable’ content on social media against government officials and Ministers was only “information”. Stating that the police had “no germane reason to withdraw the communication”, the reply, signed by the Superintendent of Police of Bihar Police’s …

Bihar Govt to Treat Offensive, Anti-Govt Online Posts As a Crime
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Govt to Treat Offensive, Anti-Govt Online Posts As a Crime

The Quint  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, 21 January ordered the state police's Economic Offenses Wing to penalise anti-government and other defamatory posts on social media against ministers, and other officials, as they fall under the category of cybercrime, NDTV reported. The Economic Offences Wing is the nodal authority on detecting, preventing and probing cases pertaining to cybercrime. In a …

Parliamentary panel grills Twitter over tweets by Kunal Kamra targeting SC, CJI SA Bobde
4 years, 4 months ago

Parliamentary panel grills Twitter over tweets by Kunal Kamra targeting SC, CJI SA Bobde

Firstpost  

Meanwhile, Kamra has refused to retract his controversial tweets against the Supreme Court or apologise for them, saying he believes they “speak for themselves” New Delhi: A parliamentary committee questioned Twitter on Thursday over the recent “obscene” tweets by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra targeting the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India, and sought reply from the social media …

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